Our 4th Kairos Retreat will take place the weekend of November 17th through November 20th. Your K4 Teams are: Student Team Adult Team Lucas Benda (Rector) Fr. Tom McDermott Adam Funk (Assistant Rector) Mr. Brandle John Cannon Ms. Wiss Claire Giachino Ms. Airy Marifer Gutierrez Mrs. Schmitz Grace Surma Mr. Larsen
What is Kairos?: Kairos is a four day retreat experience for juniors. The word Kairos means "God's time." The Kairos retreat format provides juniors with four days away from the pressures of daily life, internet, phones and all other distractions to look deeply at themselves, grow in their relationship with the Lord, and to explore their relationships with the people in their lives. A unique characteristic of the Kairos retreat is that retreat-ants and student leaders are only students from Columbus, and adult leaders are faculty or staff within Columbus Catholic High School or the Cedar Valley Catholic Schools main staff. The Kairos retreat is offered in the spring each academic year, with the eventual goal of twice a year during the fall and spring. Students must submit an application, deposit and a fee is required.
What happens at Kairos?: It is an experience of Christian community, with a series of talks given by peers and adults. Prayer and the sacraments are an essential part, as well as the participants’ involvement in discussions and various exercises. The program lasts three and a half days, with a “fourth day” which strives to keep it alive indefinitely, as well as provide a supportive community for retreat-ants. It is not a cure of itself, but a deepening experience in one’s Christian life. The retreat-ant will not necessarily leave the program with a lot of answers, but hopefully will have a greater awareness of him/herself, others, and the Lord.
Goals of Kairos:
To call the youth forth to life in faith; to be an active and vital member of the Church.
To develop Christian leadership
To help a student focus on where he/she is with himself/herself, others and God.
To come to a personal understanding of how Christ fits into his/her life
To afford the student the opportunity to experience both personal and communal prayer, the sacraments of the Eucharist, and Reconciliation.
To enable the student to experience Christian community
To have the student come to appreciate and value himself/herself as a young adult, as well as those people in his/her life, especially parents, relatives, friends who make life meaningful.